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Contributors:

Dr Karen Reivich

Research Associate in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Penn Resiliency Program. Co-author of The Optimistic Child (with Martin Seligman) and co-author of The Resilience Factor.

1: The Characteristics of Resilient People (6'09)

2: Building ?Real Time Resilience? and Optimism (6'29)

Professor Brigid Daniel

Professor of Child Care and Protection in the Department of Social Work at the University of Dundee. She has a particular interest in factors that help children to cope with adversity. Co-author, with Sally Wassell, of The School Years; Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children